CFPA co-sponsors
Thinking Outside the Bomb
Action on Nuclear Weapons, Environment, and Health
A National Conference in Philadelphia
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Sheraton University City, 36th and Chestnut Streets
With Haas Peace and Justice Award Winner, Jonathan Schell
Author: The Seventh Decade: the New Shape of Nuclear Danger
Dinner Keynote Speaker
$125.00 Conference and Dinner $75.00 Conference Only
8:30 AM- 9:15— Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15 AM— Welcome, Agenda, and Purpose of the Conference: Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness
9:30 AM— Morning Keynote, “Confronting the Nuclear Peril to Heal the Planet- Setting a New Course”: Bob Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause
10:00 AM to Noon— Round Table Discussion, “How Do We Move Beyond the Threats to the Planet?”:
Format: Five Speakers, Round Table and Audience Q&A
Moderator: Craig Eisendrath
1. Climate Change and Nuclear Catastrophe: Steven Starr, Physicians for Global Survival
2. Preventing Accidental, Terrorist, or Pre-emptive Nuclear War: Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
3. Promoting Peace and the Environment- Good for Business: Medard Gabel, BigPictureSmallWorld.com
4. Nuclear Weapons and Health Effects: Dr. Michael McCally, National Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Noon— Break (15 min.)
12:15 PM— Lunch, Keynote “Connecting the Dots on Nuclear Weapons, Poverty, and the Environment”: Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute, with
Craig Eisendrath, Chairman, Project for Nuclear Awareness
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM— Lunch Break-Out Sessions (workshops, with group moderators):
· Nuclear Weapons- Empowering Disarmament: Craig Eisendrath
· Social Justice: Vicente Garcia, AIDemocracy; Bob Moore, Coalition for Peace Action
· Helping Victims of War: Gillian Gilhool, United Nations Association
· Environmental Effects: Steven Starr and Medard Gabel
· The UN and International Organizations: John Burroughs, Exec. Dir., Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy; Ambassador Tom Graham, Eisenhower Institute
· Nuclear Weapons- Health and Prevention: Michael McCally, Physicians for Social Responsibility
· Congress and Public Education: Ed Aguilar, PNA Director; Mary Boardman, Univ. of Pennsylvania
· Media Perspectives: J. Peter Scoblic, Executive Editor of The New Republic
2:00 to 2:45 PM— Reports to the Plenary from Break-Out Sessions
2:45 PM— Break
3:00 to 4:30 PM— Plenary Discussion “Next Steps”:
3:00 to 3:45 PM— Congress, the UN, and the Next Administration- Tasks for 2008 and 2009:
Panel Moderator: Craig Eisendrath Featuring : Ambassador Tom Graham, on "Nunn-Schultz-Perry-Kissinger, and eliminating nuclear arms"; Joseph Cirincione, Pres., Ploughshares Fund; Bob Moore,
Coalition for Peace Action; Jofi Joseph, Senate Foreign Relations, office of Sen. Bob Casey
Legislation on Nuclear Policy and Non-Proliferation: Panelists discuss Congressional action on Iran, India Nuclear Trade Deal, international rule of law, and ask conference participants “What Is Your
Organization Doing?”
3:45 to 4:30 PM— Youth and the Role of the New Generation- Millennials, Voting, and Reform:
General discussion: Each panelist describes the work at her/his college, or by her/his organization, to empower and educate young people. Conference participants are asked “What is your organization doing to empower youth?”
Panel: Joseph Trapani, Arcadia Univ.; Mary Boardman, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Meghan McCallister, Haverford College; Christina Madden (Media Global), George Washington Univ., '06 ; Vicente Garcia, Americans for Informed Democracy
4:30 PM— Summing Up on Health, Justice, Peace, and Nuclear Policy- Next Steps for Alliance: Michael McCally, Gillian Gilhool, Craig Eisendrath, and Joseph Cirincione
5:00 PM— Reception and Cash Bar
5:45 PM— Seating for Dinner
6:00 PM— Performance “Got BOMB?”: Jodi Netzer, Performing Artist and Assist. to the Dir. For Programming and Creatives, Project for Nuclear Awareness
6:15 PM— Award Dinner:
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Schell, Award Recipient. Schell is the Harold Willens Peace Fellow, The Nation Institute, author of The Seventh Decade: the New Face of the Nucleasr Danger
Presentation of the 1st Annual John C. and Chara C. Haas Award for International Peace and Social Justice: Award is presented to a person who has performed notable service in the cause of international peace and justice over a sustained period.
